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Jamie Raskin

President Joe Biden called on Congress to pass gun control legislation in a speech at the White House on Thursday evening, following mass shootings…

Students and teachers told a congressional committee that their right to talk about LGBTQ+ issues and people, even family members, are being abridged by repressive state laws and policies.

2021 was the first year of the Biden administration, and the first time Democrats have controlled the White House, House and Senate since 2010.

Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) holds up two banned books

Students in one Pennsylvania school district were not allowed to read a biography of the first Black president, Barack Obama. In some Tennessee classrooms,…

Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) holds up two banned books

A U.S. House Oversight and Reform Committee panel on Thursday examined why thousands of books, predominantly written by marginalized authors, have been banned from…

The new congressional map advancing through the General Assembly this week, after a judge ordered the boundaries to be redrawn, includes the biggest shakeups…

A top official said the bomb threats made to HBCUs and historically Black churches are the bureau’s top priority.

Raskin said she was withdrawing to allow for votes to go forward on a slate of four other nominees to the board overseeing the U.S. central bank.

The U.S. Department of Transportation has approved a $1.7 billion loan to help the beleaguered Purple Line get back on track.